Copular Verb List (from the website below)
- be
- look
- feel
- taste
- smell
- sound
- seem
- (appear)
- get
- become
- (grow)
- stay
- keep
- (turn)
- prove
- (go)
- resemble
- (run)
- lie Reminder: Copular verbs are usually followed by adjectives (not adverbs). Note: The best way to check whether the verb is truly a copular verb in your sentence, see if you can replace it with a form of 'be'. (The verbs I put in brackets can be used as copular verbs, but they can also be used in other ways in which case they are followed by adverbs.) http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/copula-verb.html
Note: To understand this lesson, you need to understand what subjects and objects are. If you don't know what they are, please learn about Sentence Structure first.
There are subject pronouns and object pronouns.
Subject Pronouns
I
You
He/She/It looked nice.
We
You
They
Use subject pronouns for the subject of a sentence.
Object Pronouns
Marta liked...
me.
you.
him.
her.
it.
us.
you.
them.
http://englishplus.com/grammar/glossary.htm#C
Copular Verb List (from the website below)
- be
- look
- feel
- taste
- smell
- sound
- seem
- (appear)
- get
- become
- (grow)
- stay
- keep
- (turn)
- prove
- (go)
- resemble
- (run)
- lie
Reminder: Copular verbs are usually followed by adjectives (not adverbs).
Note: The best way to check whether the verb is truly a copular verb in your sentence, see if you can replace it with a form of 'be'. (The verbs I put in brackets can be used as copular verbs, but they can also be used in other ways in which case they are followed by adverbs.)
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/copula-verb.html
June 8, 2012
adjectives and adverbs
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/mc-adjadv.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/Adjadv.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/adjadv2.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/adjadv.html
June 4, 2012
Today, we touched on comparative (e.g., faster or more intelligent) and superlative forms (fastest or most intelligent), but we won't have time to discuss exercises on this in class. Here are some websites where you can practice using both forms.
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/comparatives/comparatives2.html
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/comparatives/comparatives3.html
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1831
May 16, 2012
Personal Pronouns
Note: To understand this lesson, you need to understand what subjects and objects are. If you don't know what they are, please learn about Sentence Structure first.There are subject pronouns and object pronouns.
Subject Pronouns
I
You
He/She/It looked nice.
We
You
They
Use subject pronouns for the subject of a sentence.
Object Pronouns
Marta liked...
me.
you.
him.
her.
it.
us.
you.
them.
Exercise
http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb005-bp.html
Pronouns
http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz40mmp.htm
Irregular past tense practice
http://englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregular_verb_flashcards.html
May 11, 2012
Subject Verb Agreement
http://a4esl.org/q/j/kf/mc-svae.html
Present tense
http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/psv.html
May 3, 2012
http://a4esl.org/q/h/mc-ck-order.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/wordorder.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/word_order/sentences3.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/word_order/sentences4.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/word_order/sentences5.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/word_order/sentences6.htm
May 2, 2012
Go to the following link to practice word order.
Let me know if you have any questions.
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/wo-01.html